Esther Rolle by Gordyn

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  • Esther Rolle

By: Gordyn Gaston




  • Date of birth: November 8 1920 Birth place: , Florida

  • Date of death: November 17 1988
  • Type of work: Broadway actress, and Film Actress



Great accomplishments:

  • She was an actor, and a Broadway star


5 Important facts

  • Her first major part was in 1962 in a off-broadway production of Jean Genets the Blacks

  • Esther Rolle had quit Good Times in 1978 - 1979, but when she came back good Times had been canceled

  • Esther recieved the NAACP chairmen Civil Rights award in 1990 she was the first women to recieve this award

  • She was born the 10th child out of 18

  • She attended Booker T Washington High School, Blanche Ely High, Spelman College, Hunter College, and Yale University